Lighthouses are not simply historic beacons whose mission is confined to serving as aids to navigation for mariners. These venerable sentinels – with their irresistible beauty and allure, are storytellers, […]
Lights will be Gleaming on Maine Open Lighthouse Day – September 12, 2026
Do you love Maine’s lighthouses? If so, then Maine Open Lighthouse Day is the event for YOU! On Saturday, September 12, 2026, the “stars” many will come out to see […]
Bakers Island Light Station Joins Coastal Network Protecting North Atlantic Right Whales
The American Lighthouse Foundation lent a helping hand with the installation of a StationKeeper unit at Bakers Island Light Station. The following press release by the Essex National Heritage Commission […]
Staircases Installed, Grounds Made Ready – Let the Tours Begin Again!
On July 23, 2026, the J.B. Leslie Company completed the installation of two temporary staircases at Portsmouth Harbor Light Station, New Castle, New Hampshire – a project contracted with ALF’s […]
AIS StationKeeper Dedication Ceremony at Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse
Summer Update from July 8, 2026… A diverse group of stakeholders gathered at Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse on July 8, 2026, to commemorate an historic AIS StationKeeper moment, and touch on […]
Preparing the Way to Restored Access at Portsmouth Harbor Light
Summer Update from June 29, 2026… Great things are happening at Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse in New Castle, New Hampshire, which will result in public access being restored to the Seacoast […]
Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Awarded $10,000 Grant from The 1772 Foundation/Preserve Rhode Island
By Louise Paiva, Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse was recently awarded a $10,000 matching grant for historic preservation from The 1772 Foundation in cooperation with […]
Pomham Rocks Lighthouse’s Sixth Keeper Honored with Marker
By Louise Paiva, Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation On June 13, 2026, sixteen members of Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse met at the […]
Thank You EMC Chase Miller for Your Service to the Lights!
On June 8, 2026, U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Southwest Harbor, Maine, bid adieu to EMC Chase Miller, head of the unit’s lighthouse department. During his four-year […]
U.S. Naval Sea Cadets Assist with Historical Fence Restoration Project at Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
By Louise Paiva, Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, a Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation In the early 1900s, the newly constructed Pomham Rocks Lighthouse in Riverside, Rhode Island, featured […]
StationKeeper Unit at Sandy Neck Lighthouse is Operational
During mid-winter and spring, Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts is a vital feeding ground and nursery for endangered North Atlantic right whales. Up to 75% of the entire marine mammal […]
StationKeeper Delivers a Message of Hope during University of New England Lecture
Marine biologists and conservationists have been working tirelessly over the last four-plus decades to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from mortality threats such as vessel strikes and […]
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